Week 4 - Tutorial Exercise

Section A-A: Section taken through the reception/ office part of the building at 1:50 scale.

Store/ Warehouse plan, showing where Section A-A is taken

Week 3 - Tutorial Exercise

Section B-B: Section through a portal frame along the apex of the roof line

Week 2 - Tutorial Exercise

Section A-A: Section through a portal frame showing the connection detail between the steel column and rafter

Week 1 - Tutorial Exercise

Exterior view of a warehouse development currently under construction at Lot 116 Industrial Drive, Melton.
Concrete tilt up panel load bearing construction, with steel rafters and timber mezzanine floor.

This image shows the connection between the concrete slab and the concrete panels through a steel plate called a stitch plate. The stitch plate is a 150 x 75 x 10 mm thick plate, which is welded to a steel angle cast in the concrete slab, and to a steel plate set in the concrete panel to join the two elements together.

This detail image shows the connection between a steel rafter and a concrete panel.
The steel rafter is welded to a steel plate cast in the concrete panel and is supported by a stiffened beam, positioned underneath the rafter to prevent it from sliding down the wall.
The image also shows diagonal rod roof bracing and a taper flange channel around the perimeter of the concrete panels, to join all the elements of the frame together.